Garment



Dc. 21, 1937. s. w] KUNsTADTl-:R

GARMENT Filed July 23, 1936 Patented Dec. 21, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Sigmund W. Kunstadter, Chicago, Ill., assignor to The VFormiit Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application July 23, 1936, Serial No. 92,079

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lateral twistin'g of the wearers body.

- A further object of the invention is to provid in a garment of the character specified having a brassire pocket portion and subjacent ventilation openings spanned only by elasticA straps whereby the latter affordthe requisite vertical support but at the same timev permit of the greatest possible lateral or twisting movement without discomfort. i

Other objects will appearhereinafter.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specication and in which Fig. l is a front view cfa garment embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 an enlarged section taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 an enlarged section taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing comprises a foundation garment for womens wear having two brassire pocket members incorporated in the upper front portion thereof as shown. The garment is equipped with shoulder straps I2 attached thereto at the rear in the usual way and provided at the front with divergent attaching straps I3 by which each is attached to the top of each brassire pocket member at separated points.

A separate crescent shaped opening I4 is provided in the body memberV Ill beneath each of the r brassire pocket members II and elastic straps I5 are arranged to traverse each of said open- Y ings from top to bottom and serve as exible (Cl. 2-30) v elastic connections between the lower edge ofv eachbrassire pocket member and the body I0.

By this in which the brassire pocket membersare di-V arrangement a garment is provided rectly incorporated therein so that they will be firmly and properly held in place, but at the sametime giving sufcient and proper-flexibility. The specific form and arrangement of parts disclosed 'is a simple and effective one for the purpose.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the crescent shaped openings I4 immediately below the pocket members II and which openings are spanned only by the spaced elastic straps I5 provide ventilation openings and at the same time the elastic strips I5 afford the necessary vertical support while admitting of relative movement of the brassire pocket Y members II with respect to the body I0 of the garment.

This permits the greatest possible lateral and twisting movement of the body of the wearer without discomfort.

yWhile I have illustrated and vdescribed the Y preferred form of construction for carrying theV invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details disclosed but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A foundation garment for women comprisingY a body member adapted and arranged to eri-V compass the body of the wearer, the upper portion of said body being formed at the front with a brassire providing two pocket members, there beinga separate substantially crescent-shaped ventilation opening in said body immediately below and co-extensive in length with the bottom edge of each pocket member whereby'to admit of relative outward upward and transverse movement of the said pocket members relatively of the subjacent body portion of the garment when in use, and laterally spaced elastic straps only bridging the edges of the crescent shaped openings.

SIGMUND W. KUNsTADTER. 

